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![Confession: I have owned three Panther bodied cars, but this is not one of them. There have been an even dozen in the family between my wife and I, my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/P5200192.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Even a Dozen Roses Will Have a Thorn (or Two): An Unvarnished Retrospective on a Pride of Panthers")
Even a Dozen Roses Will Have a Thorn (or Two): An Unvarnished Retrospective on a Pride of Panthers
Posted on November 5, 2013 | 46 CommentsConfession: I have owned three Panther bodied cars, but this is not one of them. There have been an even dozen in the family between my wife and I, my […] -
![The tradition of a genuine car launch at a motor show is now something of the past – the internet finally closed it down some years and most launches are […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/article-0-0BA0133A000005DC-809_634x451.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC History: London Motor Show, 1948 – The Start of a New Era")
CC History: London Motor Show, 1948 – The Start of a New Era
Posted on November 3, 2013 | 22 CommentsThe tradition of a genuine car launch at a motor show is now something of the past – the internet finally closed it down some years and most launches are […] -
![On March 9, 1916, a group of around 1500 Mexican rebels angered by the changing winds of American support for the various factions in their country’s civil war crossed the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/columbus-NM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Chasing Pancho: US Army Trucks Roll Into Action For The First Time")
Chasing Pancho: US Army Trucks Roll Into Action For The First Time
Posted on July 23, 2013 | 31 CommentsOn March 9, 1916, a group of around 1500 Mexican rebels angered by the changing winds of American support for the various factions in their country’s civil war crossed the […] -
![I’ve been too busy to hang out much at Shorpy, but CC reader Craig pointed me to this new shot just posted there. It’s a a big GE plant, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/SHORPY-parking-lot-1949-GE.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Shorpy Outtakes: 1949 GE Parking Lot and 1962 Dr. Kildare")
Shorpy Outtakes: 1949 GE Parking Lot and 1962 Dr. Kildare
Posted on July 7, 2013 | 37 CommentsI’ve been too busy to hang out much at Shorpy, but CC reader Craig pointed me to this new shot just posted there. It’s a a big GE plant, and […] -
![The best thing about the world wide web is the opportunity to share one’s interests with others and to help bring disparate bits of information from one field of interest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/d181d0bed0b2d0b5d182d181d0bad0b8d0b5-d0bdd0bed0bcd0b5d180d0b0-d181d182d0b0d0bdd0b4d0b0d180d182d0b0-1931-d0b3d0bed0b4d0b0.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars For the Proletariat: Soviet Car Building In The 1930s")
Cars For the Proletariat: Soviet Car Building In The 1930s
Posted on June 4, 2013 | 11 CommentsThe best thing about the world wide web is the opportunity to share one’s interests with others and to help bring disparate bits of information from one field of interest […] -
![It always begins the same way. The seed of an idea finds its way into my skull where, carefully nurtured, it grows and blossoms into a fully fledged daydream. In […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/GTE.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "The Making Of A Man")
The Making Of A Man
Posted on May 30, 2013 | 36 CommentsIt always begins the same way. The seed of an idea finds its way into my skull where, carefully nurtured, it grows and blossoms into a fully fledged daydream. In […] -
![One needs to make the best of a situation. During a recent bout of insomnia, I was thumbing through some old pictures and stumbled upon these. While heading for Oregon […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/P8090108.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Museum Classics: The Pioneer Auto Show in Murdo, South Dakota")
Museum Classics: The Pioneer Auto Show in Murdo, South Dakota
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 27 CommentsOne needs to make the best of a situation. During a recent bout of insomnia, I was thumbing through some old pictures and stumbled upon these. While heading for Oregon […] -
![As part of an engineering convention this past week, I had the opportunity to either take a tour of the St. Louis Museum of Transportation or spend three hours listening […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/P3090088.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Railroad and Automobile Museum Classics: A Tour of The St. Louis Museum of Transportation")
Railroad and Automobile Museum Classics: A Tour of The St. Louis Museum of Transportation
Posted on March 25, 2013 | 45 CommentsAs part of an engineering convention this past week, I had the opportunity to either take a tour of the St. Louis Museum of Transportation or spend three hours listening […] -
![Not too many folks under fifty have memories of automatic transmissions with pushbutton controls in lieu of a shift lever. The pushbuttons became somewhat of a fad in the mid […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/pushbutton_trans.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Question: A New Lincoln Pushbutton Transmission?")
Curbside Question: A New Lincoln Pushbutton Transmission?
Posted on December 28, 2012 | 73 CommentsNot too many folks under fifty have memories of automatic transmissions with pushbutton controls in lieu of a shift lever. The pushbuttons became somewhat of a fad in the mid […] -
![(First posted 12/25/2012. Updated for its 50th year) Some families are more traditional than others; I suppose mine is more traditional than most, something that is really brought out during […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ChristmasTree23.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "My Curbside Christmas Classic: 1967 Consolidated Novelty Scotch Pine – Decking the Halls for Fifty Years")
My Curbside Christmas Classic: 1967 Consolidated Novelty Scotch Pine – Decking the Halls for Fifty Years
Posted on December 25, 2012 | 49 Comments(First posted 12/25/2012. Updated for its 50th year) Some families are more traditional than others; I suppose mine is more traditional than most, something that is really brought out during […] -
![Did you really think your work was over? We’ve still got a lot to do here in 1956. A while back, you might have enjoyed a CC piece about a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_official_photo_portrait_May_29_1959.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "It’s 1956: Which Would You Pick?")
It’s 1956: Which Would You Pick?
Posted on December 13, 2012 | 24 CommentsDid you really think your work was over? We’ve still got a lot to do here in 1956. A while back, you might have enjoyed a CC piece about a […] -
![It’s an overcast winter day in Portland, Oregon, the corner of NE Union Ave. and Hancock St., 1959. I’d sure like to meet the proprietor of this humble little lot, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/a2005-001-675-ne-union-ave-and-hancock-southeast-1959_crop2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: 1959 – Powerful…That’s for Sure!")
CC Outtake: 1959 – Powerful…That’s for Sure!
Posted on December 7, 2012 | 19 CommentsIt’s an overcast winter day in Portland, Oregon, the corner of NE Union Ave. and Hancock St., 1959. I’d sure like to meet the proprietor of this humble little lot, […] -
Vintage Outtake: Pit Stop – The Mini Advantage
Posted on December 5, 2012 | 22 Comments -
![I ran across this picture a while back, and found it rather fascinating. It’s one thing to see old bikes and scooters displayed in a museum, but quite another to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Life-motorbikes-1947.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "High School Motorcycle Parking Lot, 1947")
High School Motorcycle Parking Lot, 1947
Posted on September 6, 2012 | 5 CommentsI ran across this picture a while back, and found it rather fascinating. It’s one thing to see old bikes and scooters displayed in a museum, but quite another to […] -
![One fine summer evening in 1967, in the Parisian suburb of Vaucresson (where my parents lived), I decided to conduct a photographic study of cornering attitudes of the typical […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/01-Fiat.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "From The Photo Vaults: Proof That The French Lean To The Left")
From The Photo Vaults: Proof That The French Lean To The Left
Posted on August 28, 2012 | 14 CommentsOne fine summer evening in 1967, in the Parisian suburb of Vaucresson (where my parents lived), I decided to conduct a photographic study of cornering attitudes of the typical […]
